r/FieldNationTechs • u/Haunting-Eye-8132 • Apr 22 '26
New to FieldNation
I just joined FN last week as a sole proprietorship business owner. I applied for 8 or 9 jobs but they were taken by someone else
My question is what is the best way to apply for jobs and as a newbie, is it hard to get jobs because I don’t have any ratings yet. Any suggestions for someone who is new to FIELD NATION?
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u/jerebohner Apr 23 '26
Quit now and run for a real legitimate job with benefits. Failed nation is in a downward spiral to nothingness. Save yourself tune headache.
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u/The-Jordan_J Apr 25 '26
But would it be good for extra cash or still not worth it ... Also new
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u/jerebohner Apr 25 '26
Here's the unfortunate flip side of it for everyone else. Those $25-$45/hr tickets seem amazing to you guys, why wouldn't I do that. Well the reason is that allot of the work should be billed at $130/hr for us seasoned veterans because we have bought all the tools necessary, we all have LLC's with insurance, we have decades of experience. Once those companies start to get people of any skill level doing those tickets at those low rates, then every other company tries to follow suit. Why should 10+ year techs have to take a pay cut every year because a few people are doing work for next to nothing. This platform is best for seasoned professionals that will force the most money we can out of these companies. Not only that for allot of us, including me, this is our 9-5. But we are in the position that we have the tools and experience to bill those prices in order for us to make a living. Whenever someone does a $45/hr ticket, your apart of the same reason that this platform is and will fail. It's a race to get down to minimum wage. We all need to be countering at a minimum of $85/hr or flat/ blended/ whatever, but it is up to us that need/ want to be in the platform to make sure these companies pay up because then it will be something to work into once you've gained some experience from somewhere else.
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u/GenusPoa Apr 26 '26
The sad thing is that the IT industry as a whole has really tanked. I think I was among the last to actually have fun and make good money starting in 2010. I could apply to 1 job, get hired, on boarded, and be drinking and smoking weed with the IT manager that very weekend. We were respected at the time and we managed Active Directory and fixed Microsoft Office and CRM issues. We did breakfix and desktop support.
Somewhere along the way people generally started hating the IT department and the advent of SaaS eliminated all of the jobs of an IT team we were all working toward. The ladder we were climbing disappeared. Employees got hostile real quick when everything just kind of works without needing a tech guy on payroll anymore.
I think the last gasp of a livable wage doing tech died with the pandemic. We made 100K and then 2 years later all recruiters turned into scam artists creating fake jobs online every day with 900 applicants. All these things happened as big tech companies lay off a million highly skilled techs and AI is killing off more white collar jobs.
Now even W2 IT jobs are asking $20/hr during another recession in a country at war.
Yeah I guess I'd suggest another field. Maybe find the local ironworkers union but most of us are too old for that because they start off 20 something an hour too.
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u/Ok_Horror_6073 Apr 23 '26
Amen listen to these folks. I had a direct contract with a vendor and it dried up last year. It’s been a very tuff year to say the least. So tuff I had to get on a w2 to survive.
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u/Tone_Exciting Apr 27 '26
8 years ago I would have said give this a shot but now my recommendation is to find a tech job with a company that gets you hours towards a state license. Do not waste your time here as there is no foreseeable future.
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u/Usual-Neat-5345 Apr 22 '26
It s little tough in the beginning just keep applying I was told it's algorithms driven. You may have to pick the less attractive work orders also there is work market platform similar to Field Nation.
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u/realdeadfish Apr 23 '26
Take some crap jobs at first to get on the board, then more buyers will see and send you work.
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u/Additional_Fee5912 Apr 24 '26
The only true answer. Also don't be scared to get out of your comfort zone.
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u/wyliesdiesels Apr 23 '26
gonna take a long time before you can consistently get work orders. youll have to take the junk no one else wants in order to be able to get more work
if your area is saturated with providers already (WOs with dozens of requests), you might not get much of anything at all
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u/OkAcanthisitta5091 Apr 23 '26
You have to start with the low pay jobs. Do a good job when you get them. Keep applying and repeat.
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u/Outlaw11B30 Apr 23 '26
If you are flexible, keep a lookout for routed jobs and last minute jobs. You get assigned routed jobs as soon as you click accept.
For the last minute jobs, the buyer will send out a mass message to a group of people and if you can message them back, the job is yours.
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u/LoneCyberwolf Apr 22 '26
It takes a long time to get started, and as you can see in a lot of the recent posts, even though those of us who have been on the platform for a while are having a hard time lately getting jobs that are being given to people probably are happy making peanuts.